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Downtown Events
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Comic-Con 2008
Saturday, July 26, 2008
9:30 a.m., San Diego Convention Center
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Comedians of Comedy
Saturday, July 26, 2008
8:00 p.m., Spreckels Theatre
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The Buick Wilson Band
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Patrick's II
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The Disco Pimps
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Stage Saloon
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"Urban Blight to Urban Bright"
Saturday, July 26, 2008
10:00 a.m., Horton Square
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"The Music of Billy Joel"
Saturday, July 26, 2008
7:30 p.m., Embarcadero Marina Park South
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Club Crush
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Rock Bottom
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No Duh
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Rock Bottom
Famous Former Neighbors
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Bankers Hill is located near Balboa Park and the San Diego International Airport. -
The Florence Hotel Moreton Bay Fig Tree in Bankers Hill. -
A San Diego must! visit the Moreton Bay Fig Tree. -
Bankers Hill at the corner of First and Ivy in San Diego. -
236 feet long, 60 feet tall, designed by City Engineer George A. d'Hemecourt in 1905. Total construction cost $805. -
Quince Street Bridge in Bankers Hill. This is one of the existing wooden trestle pedestrian bridges in San Diego County.
Downtown Photos
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Spotted at the Marriot - next to the San Diego Convention Center during Comicon 2008 - Actor Seth Green (Family Guy & Buffy the Vampire ...
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Reggie Bannister takes time to sign autographs at Comic-con 2008.
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30 Days of Night signing at Comicon 2008.
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Popular costume at Comicon 2008 - Harry better use some magic QUICK!
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Xmen spotted at Comicon 2008. Storm guarantees no rain.
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Popular costume at Comicon 2008 - Edward Scissorhands.
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Actress Erin Gray from Silver Spoons and Buck Rogers in the 25th Century was spotted at Comicon 2008. Erin says, "Comicon is the best way ...
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Meet your favorite tv star at Comicon - Its a popular arts convention in San Diego.
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Farscape's Gigi Edgley was spotted signing autographs at the San Diego Convention Center during Comicon 2008.
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Lori Petty is TANK GIRL made an appearance at Comic-con 2008.
Downtown Blogs
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Reflections from the Minister's Mind - July/August
By SanDiegoCSL - June 30, 2008
“Welcome home” to the San Diego Center for Spiritual Living in the Heart of Downtown. As we approach the second ...
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Reflections from the Minister's Mind - May/June
By SanDiegoCSL - June 30, 2008
“Welcome home” to the San Diego Center for Spiritual Living in the Heart of Downtown. Our new facility on 10th ...
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Downtown San Diego
By lsyun1 - June 26, 2008
My night out with the girls: we made our way to the beating heart of San Diego nightlife and decided ...
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SDReader.com Launch Party
By Jane B. - May 29, 2008
The SDReader.com official launch party was held at the W's Beach bar last night (you can check out the pictures ...
Downtown Stories
Reunion Recipes
Downtown
| Tin Fork
Published July 2, 2008
Ahhh... Slurp, burp, slurp again. Pinky finger raised, of course. I clink my cawfee cup down in its saucer. Sitting like a captain of industry here at the corner of Ash and India. Behind yellow and ...
Booze Ban Driving Homeless Inland?
Bay Park
| Clairemont
| Downtown
| Hillcrest
| Linda Vista
| Mission Beach
| Mission Hills
| Mission Valley
| Neighborhood News
| Ocean Beach
| Old Town
| Pacific Beach
| Point Loma
Published June 30, 2008
Two opposing views regarding the ban on brew at San Diego's beaches inadvertently surfaced during the June 25th meeting of the Ocean Beach town council. When Officer David Surwilo, community liaison for the police department's Western ...
Ruthless Sandwich
Downtown
| Tin Fork
Published June 18, 2008
It’s an amazing feeling, sitting up to a bar watching the Padres on a bunch of great screens, including one that’s 12 feet, while the actual Padres are playing in the actual ballpark about, oh, 20 ...
Happiness, Ocean, and Kebabs
Downtown
| Tin Fork
Published June 11, 2008
Baktiar has surely found the sweet spot. This is where folks wandering down Fourth start running out of steam. They can’t see anything ahead except the bricky Horton Grand Hotel. They hesitate and, most of them, ...
Chefs Call Him "Awesome"
Downtown
| Restaurant Review
Published June 4, 2008
Nearly every week, I pour myself a glass of Japanese fizzy-water (Nigori sake), take a deep breath, and call up some rank stranger — the chef of the restaurant I’m currently reviewing. Between the serious questions, ...
A Diva Walks into a Bar...
Diary of a Diva
| Downtown
Published May 28, 2008
A good writer is not, per se, a good book critic. No more so than a good drunk is automatically a good bartender. — Jim Bishop There are two kinds of women: those who don’t mind ...
Guadalajara, Basically
Downtown
| Tin Fork
Published May 21, 2008
Love? This could be it. The question hits me mid-bite into my second-ever quesotaco. It’s a scrunch of crispy grilled cheese over little chunks of steak lost in a creamy sauce, hiding under avocado, with a ...
Burgers and Carousels
Downtown
| Tin Fork
Published May 14, 2008
Hank had been on about this for the longest time. He’s a carpenter and wannabe carver, and he reckons the carving of the horses in the carousel at Seaport Village is the best. In the world. ...
Zydeco Is Like Oysters
Event Hilite
| Harbor District
Published May 7, 2008
“The word ‘zydeco’ comes from the Cajun-French song ‘Les haricots san pa sale,’” says Peter Oliver, musician and co-promoter of the Gator by the Bay Festival. “In French that means ‘the snap beans aren’t salty,’ and ...
The Tao of Dough
Downtown
| Restaurant Review
Published May 7, 2008
Over the door is the “dough” — the Chinese ideogram for the Tao (pronounced “doe”), meaning “the way” in general, and in Taoism, the way of the universe. (George Lucas calls it “The Force,” and Einstein ...
Hideaway Too Hidden
Downtown
| Tin Fork
Published April 30, 2008
Clock’s ticking toward midnight down here in the deepest Stingaree. I’m heading for Ciro’s, the pizzeria. Why? Because I’ve spent the last couple hours holding up the beautiful old (1885!) Tivoli bar, listening to a friend ...
Wannabe Sexy Exy
Downtown
| Restaurant Review
Published April 30, 2008
The E in Exy is actually the Greek letter sigma (for S), so the restaurant’s name really transliterates to something like “Sexy,” and that’s what it’s trying to be. It calls itself “Chic Greek,” and it ...
League of Women Voters Symposium and Candidate Mixer
Downtown
| My View
Published April 28, 2008
San Diego League of Women Voters, in partnership with the San Diego Reader present: Shipshape or MAYDAY ?!! WHAT WILL IT TAKE TO KEEP SAN DIEGO AFLOAT? If you want the facts, join us at our ...
Centre City: Another War
City Lights
| Downtown
Published April 23, 2008
Centre City Development Corporation, the City’s downtown redevelopment organization, has been correctly accused of many things. Arrogance. Bullying. Conflicts of interest. Excessive pay and perks for employees. Loose contract policies. Being in the pocket of the ...
Neighborhood of E-ville
Downtown
| Restaurant Review
Published April 9, 2008
Block by block, the redeveloping East Village (which I nicknamed “E-Ville” when it all started) is indeed becoming a high-rise, high-priced condo neighborhood, complete with virulent NIMBYism surrounding the remnants of its former identity, including the ...